The Latest Breaking News from Nigeria

Ike Ekweremadu: Nigerian politician accused of trafficking child to UK to harvest organs

Senator and wife remanded in custody, despite lawyer’s plea he has ‘led a blameless life as a public servant’

The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022

Nigerian historian and thinker Toyin Falola on decolonising the academy in Africa

Nigerian intellectual and historian Toyin Falola’s latest book is called Decolonizing African Studies: Knowledge Production, Agency, and Voice. It sets out to respond to the urgent need to eliminate the vestiges of colonialism (the domination of foreign powers) in the academy and in research methodologies where African perspectives continue to…

The Conversation · Jun 23, 2022

'Child organ harvesting plot' in UK sees man and woman arrested by police

Beatrice Ekweremadu and Ike Ekweremadu, from Nigeria, have been charged with conspiring to arrange to bring a child to the UK in order to harvest organs.

Daily Record · Jun 23, 2022

Widows in Nigeria are sometimes treated badly: culture is no excuse to violate rights

Nigeria is home to about 15 million of the world’s 258 million widows. Widowhood in an ethnically and religiously diverse country like Nigeria, with three major ethnic groups and over 250 minorities, is complex.

The Conversation · Jun 22, 2022

Tantech Subsidiary Wins Six-Vehicle Order

Tantech Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:TANH) subsidiary, Shangchi Automobile Co Ltd, won a new 6-vehicle order. The order for customized, high-end midibuses is expected to be delivered to the customer in Nigeria in July 2022. Shangchi Automobile's diesel light midibuses feature a manual 5-speed transmission and can seat 11 passengers. The midibus has features…

Benzinga · Jun 21, 2022

Nigeria’s Supreme Court engulfed in rare welfare complaints row

More than a dozen justices at the 16-member court have lodged a letter of protest over their working conditions.

Al Jazeera · Jun 21, 2022

Rangers star Calvin Bassey pinpoints Nigeria disappointment that was key to his incredible campaign

CALVIN BASSEY reckons being overlooked for international duty in January was a key point in his remarkable campaign that saw him rise to prominence…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 21, 2022

Nottingham Forest signing Liverpool old boy could deal Steven Gerrard transfer blow

The Nigeria international looks set to replace Aston Villa loanee Keinan Davis in the first major change to the side that started the Championship play-off final

Nottingham Post · Jun 21, 2022

Africa's smaller cities are usually overlooked: they shouldn't be

Often when one thinks or writes about urbanisation in Africa, mega-cities or primary cities like Lagos, Nairobi, Addis Ababa or Kampala, come to mind. Little, however, is written about places like Gabés in Tunisia, Touba-Mbacké in Senegal, or Ibadan in Nigeria. Yet these are just three of an estimated 885…

The Conversation · Jun 20, 2022

Sex workers in Nigeria deserve fair treatment from the media

In most African societies today, social, cultural, economic and political forces continually place women in the back seat. While there is much focus on the physical abuse of women, there are other ways through which abuses are sustained. One is how the media represent the realities of sex work and…

The Conversation · Jun 20, 2022